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How do we get to reducing inequality?
Webinar, Part I June 22, 2015
Changing the Conversation About Inequality:
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Focus Areas
Launched in 2009
Demand for rigorous research evidence
has grown
Understanding role of research evidence
and how it is used in policy and practice
Launched in 2014
Responses not causes/consequences
Understanding programs, policies, and
practices that can mitigate the impact of
inequality of young people in the United
States
USE OF RESEARCH EVIDENCE REDUCING INEQUALITY
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To share what we mean by “response to inequality”
To show how a research study can inform a response
to inequality
Part I, June 22, 2015
• Postsecondary education & workforce transition
• Juvenile & Criminal Justice
Part II, Fall 2015
• Immigrant-Origin Children and Youth
• Mental Health and Mental Health Services
Goals of Reducing Inequality Webinars
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Questions about the process of applying for our
Major Grants competition.
What Today’s Webinar Will Not Address
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Brief introduction to the Reducing Inequality initiative
Postsecondary Education & Workforce Transition • What we know about the problem of inequality
• What we need to know to inform a response to inequality
Q & A
Juvenile & Criminal Justice • What we know about the problem of inequality
• What we need to know to inform a response to inequality
Q & A
Roadmap for Today’s Webinar
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1. Levels of inequality are exceptionally high
2. High inequality causes economic and social
harm
3. Social policies can combat inequality
4. We need research to identify effective
policies, programs, and practices
Inequality is the Problem
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Focus on young people (ages 5 to 25)
A research agenda to build, understand, test, and
improve programs, policies, and practices • No single study will be transformative
• Results will accumulate to guide policy and practice
Interdisciplinary portfolio
What do we need to know to craft effective responses to inequality?
Hallmarks of our approach
We seek researchers to answer this call
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25 years since The Forgotten Half
Focus on community colleges • Serve a large proportion of low-income
and first-generation college students
Who are the “new forgotten half”? • Attend but do not complete college
• Reap no rewards
Postsecondary education and workforce transition
Research on Reducing Inequality
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Describe the new college reality
Study improvements in high school and
college counseling
Show how to improve high school, college,
and workplace links
Financial support is part of the story
Suggestions for a New Research Agenda
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Descriptive studies meant to clarify the
mechanisms for reducing inequality.
Intervention studies that examine attempts to
reduce inequality.
Studies that improve the measurement of
inequality in ways that will enhance the work of
researchers, practitioners, or policymakers.
We Support Different Types of Studies
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Descriptive studies meant to clarify the
mechanisms for reducing inequality. Identifying strategies to improve students’ understanding of the options, odds, obstacles, and outcomes of the new college reality.
Intervention studies that examine attempts to
reduce inequality. Testing an intervention to improve information on the new college reality for high school and college counselors.
Studies that improve the measurement of
inequality in ways that will enhance the work of
researchers, practitioners, or policymakers. Development of measures that tap into job quality
What these studies could look like….
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Q & A
Q&A
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Inequality in the justice
system is on all of our
minds today
Closely bound up with
educational inequality
Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Research on Reducing Inequality
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Break the school-to-prison pipeline
Implement & study new police practices
Change patterns of thinking
Reduce economic inequality in the broader society
How can new research help?
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Q & A
Q&A
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Adam Gamoran’s 2013 Annual Report Essay
The five commissioned papers
Major Grants 2014 webinar
Vivian Louie’s Tips for Writing a Letter of Inquiry
for the Reducing Inequality Initiative
Research Grants Application Guide
Further Information on Our Website
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We look forward to receiving your Letters of
Inquiry!
Next deadline: AUGUST 4, 2015, 3:00 P.M. EST
We look forward to having you join us again in the
fall for our webinar on reducing inequality in
immigration and mental health services.
Looking Ahead
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